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Fukushima: A Second Chernobyl?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Extract

As the sixth anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster approaches, the area around the hulking corpse of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant continues to exude a horrible fascination. Arkadiusz Podniesinski is one of thousands of photographers and journalists drawn there since the crisis began in March 2011. In 2015 his first photo report from the area attracted millions of views around the world.

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Research Article
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Copyright © The Authors 2016

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